Can we be honest people?

[SK 99]

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[bucket]

I'd love to have a white Z26 Beretta (any color really, but for some reason I always liked the way they looked in white, which is usually a color I can't stand). I know, I must be ill, but I still love them. Unfortunately I haven't seen one in years, pretty sure I couldn't buy one if I tried.

A good friend of mine had a black Z26 back around '00. I've also got a friend that actually has a collection of Berettas. He has a few Z26's and a couple regular coupes. They are really nice examples too.

I had a '93 GT for a while. While the paint and body were ok, it had high miles, the interior was baked and the floor was rotting out. I might have kept it if it was a GTZ.

 

[Khayward]

Mine would be 3 things:
- Why the plastic spider injector thingy in the Vortec 4.3?
- Why the electric 4wd shift? (Can you tell I've had several S-10s?)
- If you're going to rebadge European cars why not the decent versions? (Vauxhall Astra sold as a LeMans, why not the GTE model instead of the 4 door, or the 'Catera' - could have easily sold the LS prototype they were futzing with in Germany)

 

[BearKing]

I'd love to have a white Z26 Beretta (any color really, but for some reason I always liked the way they looked in white, which is usually a color I can't stand). I know, I must be ill, but I still love them. Unfortunately I haven't seen one in years, pretty sure I couldn't buy one if I tried.

The only car I ever bought new was in 1989. I bought a 1989 Chevy Beretta GT. 5 speed manual, white with red interior. I bought it for my wife. She loved that car. It had the 2.8 M.F.I. Bought it off of the showroom floor. I guess nobody liked the car in white. I loved it. I have a white Z71 Silverado, a white Equinox LTZ, and a white 98 Z28. I like white cars.

 

[AyWoSch Motors]

Basically it has nothing to do with ease or cost to repair. Having been working on cars all my life I can tell you all they care about is making a buck selling the vehicle and getting it off warranty.

I can give one really bad design. Chrysler has a blower motor resistor behind the dash assembly on several years of trucks and SUV's. Only access is to nearly remove the dash. Blower motor requires dash removal. Would have been very easy to make both accessible. Drop a piece of paper in the defroster vent it will cost 7 bills to get it out.

That sounds like my vette. I have the car nearly completely apart, and the heater core is still totally buried.

 

[AyWoSch Motors]

One GM pet peeve...
The air diverter door on 90s GMT400 trucks. Always ends up going bad, and you get that tick tick tick tick tick for 30 seconds, and the the stupid things are buried in the dash.

 

[pnwnvrdn]

Not just GM, but all of the manufacturers overwhelming usage of plastic in the interiors, grilles, emblems, etc. (I get it-cost, light weight, etc.).
Understanding why, doesn't change my opinion on how it cheapens the overall package.

 

[CheemsK1500]

Not just GM, but all of the manufacturers overwhelming usage of plastic in the interiors, grilles, emblems, etc. (I get it-cost, light weight, etc.).
Understanding why, doesn't change my opinion on how it cheapens the overall package.

There's still plenty of metal behind in the dash, the plastic you see is just an outer layer.

I think there is negative connotation with dashes that have exposed metal, in the sense that they look primitive and inherently unsafe. There's no reason the gmt400 and later trucks couldn't have had lower exposed metal like the square body did, since the air bag comes out the top of the dash, but I suppose engineers thought it would detract from the modern look, since the early GMT400 trucks didn't have air bags in the first place.

 

[RecklessWOT]

The only car I ever bought new was in 1989. I bought a 1989 Chevy Beretta GT. 5 speed manual, white with red interior.

I almost bought that exact car back in 2004 or so ('89 5spd GT, white/red), but a friend of mine talked me out of it. I don't even talk to that guy anymore, haven't in about 15 years. Should've bought the damn thing. I don't even remember what I bought instead, and while I'm 100% positive I would've gotten it out of my system quickly and definitely wouldn't still own it today, now it's forever an empty empty spot in me.

 

[TotalyHucked]

Being a QC/R&D guy in the restoration parts world, I'd love to have a couple cold snacks with anyone that worked for GM back then. Plant guys, engineers, any of 'em.

 

[dvdswan]

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And that's why Technicians hate engineers.

On a side note, did you know that an engineer will walk pass 88 virgins just the screw over the Technician? True fact.

 

[Keith Seymore]

Being a QC/R&D guy in the restoration parts world, I'd love to have a couple cold snacks with anyone that worked for GM back then. Plant guys, engineers, any of 'em.

Starting in 1979: 40 years for me in product engineering, vehicle assembly, and engineering project management. Mostly full size truck, but also the Volt program and one low volume "show car" build which shall remain unnamed.

Either was assigned to, or launched new models in 12 different GM assembly plants, across three countries, 4 preproduction build sites and one skunk works.

I'm 3 years into my retirement gig at Nissan in accessory design.



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[CheemsK1500]

Starting in 1979: 40 years for me in product engineering, vehicle assembly, and engineering project management. Mostly full size truck, but also the Volt program and one low volume "show car" build which shall remain unnamed.

Either was assigned to, or launched new models in 12 different GM assembly plants, across three countries, 4 preproduction build sites and one skunk works.

I'm 3 years into my retirement gig at Nissan in accessory design.



K

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How much involvement did you have in the development of the GMT400 and GMT800?

 

[RecklessWOT]

Starting in 1979: 40 years for me in product engineering, vehicle assembly, and engineering project management. Mostly full size truck, but also the Volt program and one low volume "show car" build which shall remain unnamed.

Either was assigned to, or launched new models in 12 different GM assembly plants, across three countries, 4 preproduction build sites and one skunk works.

I'm 3 years into my retirement gig at Nissan in accessory design.



K

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Sorry to hear about the Nissan gig, what a sinking ship. I worked parts dept for a Nissan dealer that had a couple showrooms in '15-'16, and all I can say is what a terrible vehicle. Don't get me wrong, I own a few Datsuns, those old engines are awesome, but their modern stuff seems to be pure garbage built on a foundation of even worse rotten garbage.

 

[NWSooner]

What were you thinking when you made the Vega ??

LMAO! No joke.....